Definition of "shariah" []

• The Mohammedan law. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "Before Islam, the word shariah, the path to God, meant the path to a watering hole."
• "If adopted, the referendum would force state courts to make religious rulings on what is and isn't shariah, which is unconstitutional."
• "But after seven in 10 Oklahoma voters on Tuesday Nov. 2 approved State Question 755, a constitutional amendment that prohibits courts from using Islamic law, known as shariah, Albahadily suddenly feels a little less at home in the Sooner State."